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Maps showing Cumberbatch in USA show the this surname arrived there realtively late.
Cumberbatch of USA in 1880
This map shows that there are very few Cumberbatchs in the USA in 1880. The growth of people with this surname in later years suggests that they immigrated to the USA from elsewhere.
Cumberbatch of USA in 1880
Maps showing Cumberbatch in USA in 1880. These are counts of Cumberbatchs, and their variants, found in the 1880 census of the USA. Only 2 of the 122,who were Cumberlidges, were born in the West Indies, but I cannot ascertain if they were born in Barbados. Their father, a boiler maker, was born in England. It would appear that many immigrants from Barbados would arrive in the USA later.
Surname variants found:
Cumberledge : 85
Camberledge : 11
Cumberlege : 9
Cumberlidge : 8
Cumberbatch : 5
Cumblidge : 2
Cumberbeach : 1
Cumberbirch : 1
Conclusion
The small amout of Cumberbatchs suggests that the later growth in the surname there were as a result of immigration.
